Staple puller



Jan. l, 1935. T. EVANS 1,986,191

STAPLE FULLER Filed Jan. 5l, 1934 Invcnor @Zaman/32m Patented Jan. 1, 1935 t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE sTArLE FULLER Thomas Evans, Jackson, OhioA l Application January 91, 1994, serial No. 799,291

1 claim. (o1. 254-28) This invention relates to a staple puller, the forced into the post and under the bight of the general object of the invention being to provide staple and thenV the tool is moved toward the rmeans for pulling staples from posts and the like post so that the point 5 and a part of the wall without bending the staples and even when they 6 will force the staple out of the post. By closstaples are wholly embedded in the posts. ing the jaws when this is beingdone, the staple 5 This invention also consists in certain other will be held by the device after it has been pulled 5 features of construction and in the combinafrom the post. tion andvarrangement of the several parts, to be As before stated, this tool will pull staples hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the without bending them, so that they can be used accompanying drawing and specically pointed again and staples can be easily and quickly re- 10 out in the appended claims. moved from posts and other members, even when 10 In describing the invention in detail, reference the staples are embedded in the post. y will be had to the accompanynig drawing where- It is thought from the foregoing description in like characters denote like or corresponding that the advantages and novel features of the parts throughout, the several views, and in invention will be readily apparent.

which:- It is toy be understood that changes may be 15 Figure 1 is a side View of the invention. made in the construction and in the combina- Figure 2 is an edge view thereof. l tion and arrangement of the several parts, prof As shown in these views, the device comprises vided that such changes fall within the scope apair of members A and B pivoted together by of the appended claim.

the pin 1 and each comprising a handle part 2 What is claimed is:- 20 which is preferably shaped and roughened, as A staple puller comprising a pair of members shown, and the member A further includes a subpivotally connected together and each comprisstantially hook-shaped part 3, while the meming a handle part and a jaw part, one jaw part ber B includes an arcuate-shaped part 4 terbeing bowed outwardly and terminating in a minating in a reduced pointed part 5. This part point of less width than the major part of the 25 5 is of less width than the part 4, and this part jaw with its side edges curving from the base of 5 and the end of the part 4 forms a substantially the point to the pointed extremity thereof, the straight wall 6, as shown in Figure 1. The part free end of said jaw having its inner face sloping 3 extends outwardly from the pivot pin 1 sub-` outwardly from the concaved edge of the jaw stantially straight and then curves sharply into the convex edge thereof, said sloping face 30 wardly to form the beak of the hook. extending from a point inwardly of the base of In using the tool, Where the staple is not fully the point to the pointed extremity thereof, whereembedded in the post 0n other member, the beak by said sloping face with the outer extremity 0f the Dari? 3 iS lplaced under the bight 0f the of the convex edge makes the point of substanstaple and the JaWS brought tgethel and then tially wedge shape to enable said point to be 35 the tool is rocked on the outer edge of the part forced into a'post under the bight part of a 3 so as t0 pull the Staple from the post, the CIOS- stapie to enable the staple to be pulled from the ing 0f the JWO .aWS Preventing the Staple flOm post by a rocking movement of the device. dropping from the device. However, if the staple 40 is fully embedded in the post, the point 5 is THOMAS EVANS. 40 

